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Saturday May 10, 2025

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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1 – 6 pm

Fresh Art Offers a Spring Burst of Inspiration at BWAC

Art
Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionBrooklyn

Brooklyn AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

1 – 2 pm

AAPI Month celebration with Ajna Dance Company

Ages: All
Dance
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

1 – 4 pm

2025 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Tennis Festival

Cunningham Park Tennis CenterFresh Meadows

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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1 – 6 pm

Exhibition Opening: ‘Five Miles of VHS Tape’

FiveMylesBrooklyn

1 – 5 pm

Mother’s Day Kids’ Event

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

Bronx Family Time May 2025

1 – 3 pm

Family Time May 2025

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

New York Knicks vs Detriot Pistons

1:30 pm

Knicks Round 2, Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs Watch Party

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Knicks Plaza at Plaza33Manhattan

2 – 4 pm

Celebrate and Dance: Tinikling

King Manor MuseumJamaica

2 – 3 pm

Saung Budaya Dance

Ages: 5 and up
Dance
Family
Free

Third Street Music School SettlementManhattan

2:30 – 6 pm

Make Mother’s Day Cards with Flower Petals

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

LaGuardia Corner Community GardenManhattan

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3 – 4 pm

Author Talk – Pulling Back the Curtain on the Nazi “show camp”

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

VivLiv Books SOCIAL PIC 600(1)(1)

3 – 5 pm

Read, Shop & Lime w/VivLiv Books

I AM CARIBBEING HeadquartersBrooklyn

3 – 4:15 pm

Mother’s Day Celebration

Ages: 3 – 8
Caribbean
Classes
Family

Bi’an MandarinStaten Island

4 – 5 pm

Celebrate AAPI Month

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Books of WonderManhattan

WDD 2

4 – 6 pm

WHOOP DEE DOO PRESENTS: The Future Is Connection: On Community Engagement & Contemporary Art

SalottoBrooklyn

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

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6 – 8 pm

albi: Live – Full Band

Free
Music

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Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

Sunday May 11

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors LobbyManhattan

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

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All day

Spring is Blooming at Rockefeller Center by Van Cleef & Arpels

Free

The Summer Rink at Rockefeller CenterNew Yoek

9 am – 2 pm

BPC Farmers Market: Opening Day

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

Irish Hunger MemorialBattery Park City

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flowers for Mother’s Day

10 am – noon

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Family
Free

Sunset Park Recreation CenterBrooklyn

10 am – 4 pm

“Mothers of Max” Floral Exhibit

Art
Free

Chelsea TriangleMeatpacking District

10 am – 1 pm

Urban Farm Volunteers

Randall’s Island Urban FarmBronx

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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